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Brooks-Hamilton v. City of Oakland (In re Brooks-Hamilton)

Brooks-Hamilton v. City of Oakland (In re Brooks-Hamilton)

Ruling
Postpetition recording of deeds from debtor to prepetition irrevocable trust was avoidable.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff debtor brought an adversary proceeding against defendant trustee in bankruptcy, and the trustee filed cross-claims. At issue was whether the debtor effectively transferred certain real property to an irrevocable trust prior to filing for bankruptcy, so that it was not property of the bankruptcy estate and could not effectively be sold by the trustee. The trustee moved for summary judgment and to dismiss the claims.

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opinion summary, case decided on August 25, 2006 , LexisNexis #1006-099